News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
The diagnosis had been both expected and a shock. Dementia. Cillian had suspected for some time his mind has been betraying him, hadn't he? With this label under his belt though he found slipping into the strange reality much easier. Gone were the wrinkles, the aches, the pains. In their stead was a quest, a… Continue reading Book review: Kildare’s Dreamwander
The elves didn't believe in an afterlife, you were either dead, or alive. So when Dreyah, the prophesied human/elf crossbreed whose death would spark war, was found murdered by some magical ritual, the thought of her returning had not been imagined. But death did not want her, yet. It was not her time, and thus,… Continue reading Book review: Edie James’ The Steel Road
Akira Hamada has a debt. It is one she fears will never be paid, and one she dare not run away from. So when she is offered the chance at one final assassination to balance the books, and earn her freedom, she is both optimistic and suspicious. More so because, for this job, she will… Continue reading Book review: Kaylin McFarren’s Twisted Threads (@4kaylin )
Alice Gyfford, Kayl'sro of the Agrodien, and a daughter of Woodmyst, was young, someone a person would hardly believe was capable of the feats she had already accomplished. She had more blood on her hands than even the most seasoned warriors. She had protected her homeland, regardless of the cost. Now she turns her focus… Continue reading Book review: Robert E Kreig’s The Shadow Of Woodmyst (@robertekreig )
Allie didn't believe them, the things that had been whispered about Phoenix after her accident. She alone still looked for him, she had faith that he was neither responsible for the fire, nor dead. Of course, having driven off a bridge, and lost her memories of that night didn't help her case any. But a… Continue reading Book review: Jessica V Fisette’s Fire and Ice
Toni had been digging in places she shouldn't have, first into the building development, then around the scene of a double murder. But she never imagined the trouble it would ensure. An attempt on her life brings into sharper focus the terror that followed her back from the murder site. Since she had seen that… Continue reading Book review: Anne Francis Scott’s Lost Souls (@AnnefScott )
Donja's mother has just remarried, and with that came a new upheaval. She was glad her mother had found someone after her father's death, but she had not been prepared for the change. Forced to leave her home and friends she finds herself in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. But this is just the start. A… Continue reading Book review: Karen Glista Chasing the Red Queen (@ElizabethGlist1 )
O.Z. Diggs the seventh, descendent of Oz the Great and Terrible Wizard, like all male heirs in his family, was cursed by the wicked witch of the West. Or so the story which had been passed through many generations had been told. He was the storyteller now, and the last of his line, fated by… Continue reading Book review: O.Z Diggs Himself Out by Ron Baxley Jr. (@RonBaxleyJRofOz )
It all started at a curiosity shop, where curiosity really did get the better of Christopher English. He found an old chest, locked, sealed, and seemingly empty. He knew he had to have it, to find a way to open it and discover what was hidden inside. They say curiosity killed the cat, in this… Continue reading Book review: Lady Saera’s The Wizard of Crescent Keep
It had taken his last moments in this world, but he recorded the truth. Perhaps his record would be the only copy of what had been done, and in turn what he had done. Evidence, scriptures, it all was to be destroyed so no one would almost destroy the world itself in an attempt to… Continue reading Book review: T.L. Howard’s The Final Choosing
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